Improvement in casters for furniture



S. E. BAUDER.

CASTERS FOR FURNITURE.

Pa tented July 24, 1877.

No.193A7Z.

'INVENTOR. m.

e,%4Z/J4//7P ATTORNEY-5 UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE SILAS E. BAUDER, OFBIRMINGHAM, OHIO.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 193,472, dated July 24,1877; application filed June 30, 1877. A

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SILAS E. BAUDER, ofBirmingham, in the county of Erie and State of Ohio, have invented a newand valuable Improvement in Furniture-Casters; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side view of myfurniture-caster, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. A

My invention relates to that class of furniture-casters known to thetrade as drop-casters; and it consists in a strap of leather, rubber,elastic, or other flexible material, fastened to the leg of an articleof furniture and provided with a hole for the passage of the stem orspindle of the caster, whereby the caster is retained in its socket whenthe leg is lifted up from the floor, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth and definitely claimed.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrates myinvention.

A represents the leg of a bedstead or other article of furnitureprovided in its lower end with the usual metallic socket B to receivethe stem or spindle O of an ordinary dropcaster 1). These parts may beconstructed in any of .the known and usual ways.

S represents a short strap of rubber, leather, elastic, or othersuitable material, fastened at one end by a nail or screw to the bottomof the leg A, and in the other end of said strap is a hole for thepassage of the caster-spindle 0. This hole will come directly under theend of the metallic socket B in the leg A, as shown. The caster-spindleis then put through this hole and into the socket.

This device holds the caster so that it cannot drop entirely out. Itwill drop part of the way out when the leg is lifted from this floor,and the strap acts in such a manner as to cramp and hold the same in thesocket. At the same time the caster can easily be re moved by hand whendesired.

This invention is especially designed for bedsteads, but may also beused on any other t articles of furniture Where drop-casters may beemployed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with a drop-caster for furniture, a strap, S, of leather,rubber, elastic, or other suitable material, fastened at one end to theleg of the article of furniture, and having a hole in the other end, forthe passage of the caster-spindle, substantially as and for the purposesherein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

1 SILAS E. BAUDER.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK H OLLISTER, E. N. TAFT.

